Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the 8th of April, 1947, the fishing fleet put to sea at about 6.0 in the morning, but by nine o'clock a gale was blowing from the east, and a heavy sea was making the harbour entrance dangerous. As the tide was too low for the motor life-boat to get out, the pulling life-boat Jacob and Rachael Vallentine was launched at 10.45 to stand by on the bar while the boats came in. Several boats entered before the water got too low for them to cross the bar. About 1.30 in. the afternoon more boats came in, and others hove to outside, but one, the North Star, was not accounted for, and at 1.45 the motor life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched to search for her. A mile east of the Rock Buoy she met her with her drogue out, moving very slowly and having a very bad time. Meanwhile the pulling life- boat had stood by while the other fish- ing boats made harbour and had then returned to her station at 2.40. The motor life-boat escorted the North Star into harbour and returned to her station at 3.15. — Rewards: motor life-boat, £6 9s.; pulling life-boat, £15 8s..